5 o c C E R 66 Soccer Soccer Teams Improve ,with Experience The Searcy Steel men's soccer team had a rollercoaster season for the fall of 1983. The Steel had trouble keeping their momentum going from one game to the next. The ups and downs showed in Steels' disappointing record of 5-6, placing them fourth in the tournament. Steel had many returning experienced players in the likes of Dave Burton , Wade Dun, Steve Mackey, Andy Nicholson, Scott Thompson , Jamey Yingling, and Didier Villard. Also returning, playing dual position as coach and player was Enoch Thweatt. Newcomers to the team were Mike Cl ifton , Dav id Kee , Ezekia l Nwakwne, and Kyle Reeves. In their fist game of the season, the Steel were up against the first place team in the tournament , Fisher. Steel had problems getting their offensive game going and were defeated 3-0. In their second meeting with Fisher, Steel showed improvements in their pl aying and passing skills , but were narrowly beaten, 2-1. The United Soccer Club of Little Rock ' didn' t fa ir as well as Fisher did against Sea rcy SteeL Steel beat them in both of their meetings' during the season by scores of 4-2 and 2-1. In their second meeting, David KeJe on a one time shot from 30 yards out kicke the ball to the left corner of the goal, to score the winning goal. Steel 's defensive play 'Wasn' t at its best against the strong offensive game of the little Rock Air Force Base team . The LR.A.F.B. took both games 4-3 and 7-4 . University of Arkansas Medical School was not much of a challenge for the Steel, with Steel posting a victory , 4-1. Hendrix also proved to have met its match in Steel, by losing 3-1 to the Searcy team. The games Steel played against More were split. In the first game More narrowly defeated Steel by 2-1 , but in the second game the Steel took the match by a close margin of 2-1. In the final game of the season , Ouachi ta Baptist conquered the mud and the chill of - -John f. Rildcliffe 3 - !oh,! I . Radcliffe - lohn J. Radcliffe
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